Phil Rosen - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

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1916 - 1949

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May 8, 1888 in Marienburg Russia

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by Hal Erickson biography

Born in Russia, director Phil Rosen emigrated to the U.S. as a child. Entering movies as a cameraman, Rosen turned the crank on several of the Theda Bara vehicles of the teens. His silent film credits are fitfully impressive, including the Rudolph Valentino vehicle The Young Rajah (1921) and the independently produced biopic Abraham Lincoln (1925). Upon the arrival of talkies, Rosen settled without protest into the B-picture groove, helming such potboilers as Monogram's Beggars in Ermine (1934) and Republic's Two Wise Maids (1937). One's assessment of the artistic merits of the Phil Rosen film canon usually rests upon one's tolerance for the director's curious teaming of the East Side Kids and Bela Lugosi in 1941's Spook Run Wild.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
The Secret of St. Ives Director	1949
Sins of the Fathers Director	1948
Step by Step Director	1946
The Red Dragon Director	1946
The Shadow Returns Director	1946
Captain Tugboat Annie Director	1945
Charlie Chan: The Scarlet Clue Director	1945
In Old New Mexico Director	1945
The Scarlet Clue Director	1945
The Strange Mr. Gregory Director	1945
Army Wives Director	1944
Black Magic Director	1944
Call of the Jungle Director	1944
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service Director	1944
Range Law Director	1944
Return of the Ape Man Director	1944
The Chinese Cat Director	1944
The Jade Mask Director	1944
A Gentle Gangster Director	1943
Wings over the Pacific Director	1943
You Can't Beat the Law Director	1943
I Killed That Man Director	1942
Road to Happiness Director	1942
The Man With Two Lives Director	1942
The Mystery of Marie Roget Director	1942
Gangs, Inc. Director	1941
Murder by Invitation Director	1941
Roar of the Press Director	1941
Spooks Run Wild Director	1941
The Deadly Game Director	1941
Double Alibi Director	1940
Forgotten Girls Director	1940
Phantom of Chinatown Director	1940
Queen of the Yukon Director	1940
The Crooked Road Director	1940
Ex-Champ Director	1939
Missing Evidence Director, Producer	1939
The Marines Are Here Director	1938
It Could Happen to You Director	1937
Jim Hanvey, Detective Director	1937
Roaring Timber Director	1937
Second Honeymoon Director	1937
Two Wise Maids Director	1937
Youth on Parole Director, Producer	1937
Bridge of Sighs Director	1936
Brilliant Marriage Director	1936
Easy Money Director	1936
Ellis Island Director	1936
It Couldn't Have Happened But It Did Director	1936
Missing Girls Director	1936
Mistaken Identity Director	1936
Tango Director	1936
The Calling of Dan Matthews Director	1936
The President's Mystery Director	1936
Three of a Kind Director	1936
Born to Gamble Director	1935
Dangerous Corner Director	1935
Death Flies East Director	1935
Little Men Director	1935
The Unwelcome Stranger Director	1935
West of the Pecos Director	1935
Beggars in Ermine Director, Producer	1934
Cheaters Director	1934
Picture Brides Director	1934
Shadows of Sing Sing Director	1934
Take the Stand Director	1934
The Forbidden Territory Director	1934
Woman in the Dark Director	1934
Black Beauty Director	1933
Devil's Mate Director	1933
Hold the Press Director	1933
My Mother Director	1933
Self Defense Director	1933
The Phantom Broadcast Director	1933
The Sphinx Director	1933
Young Blood Director	1933
A Man's Land Director	1932
Klondike Director	1932
Texas Gunfighter Director	1932
The Gay Buckaroo Director	1932
The Sin of Lena Rivers Director	1932
The Vanishing Frontier Director	1932
Whistlin' Dan Director	1932
Alias the Bad Man Director	1931
Arizona Terror Director	1931
Branded Men Director	1931
Pocatello Kid Director	1931
Range Law Director	1931
Second Honeymoon Director	1931
The Two Gun Man Director	1931
Extravagance Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1930
Lotus Lady Director	1930
The Rampant Age Director	1930
Worldly Goods Director	1930
Faker Director	1929
Peacock Fan Director	1929
The Phantom in the House Director	1929
A Million for Love Director	1928
Branded Man Director	1928
Burning up Broadway Director	1928
Marry the Girl Director	1928
Modern Mothers Director	1928
The Apache Director	1928
Undressed Director	1928
California or Bust Director	1927
Cancelled Debt Director	1927
Closed Gates Director	1927
Heaven on Earth Director	1927
In the First Degree Director	1927
Pretty Clothes Director	1927
Salvation Jane Director	1927
Stolen Pleasures Director	1927
Stranded Director	1927
The Woman Who Did Not Care Director	1927
Thumbs Down Director	1927
Rose of the Tenements Director	1926
The Exquisite Sinner Director	1926
Woman's Heart Director	1926
Bridge of Sighs Producer	1925
Heart of a Siren Director	1925
Wandering Footsteps Director	1925
White Monkey Director	1925
A Wise Son Director	1924
Abraham Lincoln Director	1924
Being Respectable Director	1924
Lover's Lane Director	1924
This Woman Director	1924
Across the Continent Director	1922
The World's Champion Director	1922
The Young Rajah Director	1922
Path She Chose Director	1920
Road to Divorce Director	1920
The Miracle Man Cinematographer	1919
The Darling of Paris Cinematographer	1917
The Jungle Gold Cinematographer	1917
Romeo and Juliet Cinematographer	1916

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